Cyril Hans NISSEN

NISSEN, Cyril Hans

Service Number: 8211
Enlisted: 23 January 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Childers. Queensland. Australia, 21 July 1911
Home Town: Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Bofu, Japan, 4 September 1947, aged 36 years
Cemetery: Yokohama War Cemetery
Australian Section - F.A.10, Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

23 Jan 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
23 Jan 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 8211, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF)
8 Aug 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 8211, No. 77 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

Occupation Force Japan - BCOF Service

1 Nov 1945: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 8211

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Nissen 8211 of 77 Squadron was killed when Mustang A68-787 crashed near Bofu, Japan